Thomas scott williams and freeman augustus taber



THOMAS SCOTT WILLIAMS AND FREEMAN AUGUSTUS TABER, OF BOS- TON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 103,534, (lated .Ma-y 24, 1870.

w IMPROVEMENT IN- TREATING- CANDLE .ANID` LAMP-WICK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent 'and making part of the `nanna .To all to rwhom these presents shall come:

Be it known that we, THOMAS SCOTT WILLIAMS and FREEMAN AUGUSTUS TABER, both of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have inade au invention of a-neW and useful Preparation or Treatment of Wick for Tubular Candles or lamps for burning tubular candles; and do hereby declare the following to be a, full, clear, and exact description thereof, due reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings making part of this specification, and i.nwhich'' Figure lis a perspective representation, and

Figure 2,21. cross-section of a wick embodying our improvements.

The wick embodyingr the subject of these Letters Patent is intended for use in that class of lamps which burn tubular candles, and especially those among them which actuate or elevate the wic'k from below, although, in so Afar as relates to the saturation or preparation of the wick, our invention is not restricted to any class of wick.

This invention consists- First, in saturating or coating, orfboth' saturating and coating, a woven or fibrous wick with parafine or other substance of which candles, employing an independent wick, .may be composed, the purpose in thus treating a wick heilig, frst,to stffeu it, in order to assist the act of introducing and of raising and loweringit; second, to furnish material for burning, and prevent Wick, when first lighted, from charring or being consumed while the material of the eandlcnis -being melted or softened sufficiently to feed thc wick and flame; and, thirdlj-to ecouomize, to some extent, the consumption of the candle; and

Secondly, our invention, as herein embodied, consists in aflixing to the lower part of a fibrous wick a vmetallic plate or strip, the purpose of which is not -only to greatly aid the mechanical elevations or depressions of such wick, but enable the nearly, if not quite, consumed.

In the drawings before alluded to, t represents a woven wick of ordinary fibrous material, and as having affixed to its lower end a metallic strip or plate, b.

The wick is to be saturated or coated, or both saturated and coated, with parafliue, or other substance or material which may be proper to` effect a like result, and which is to be applied in a softened or melted state.

Although the metallic strip before mentioned is not a necessity of our present invention, it is a very valuable adjunct thereto. l

The treatment of the wick, as above set forth, euables it, from its increased rigidity, to stand erect, and to be operated in instances in which it would be dileult or impossibleto employ a wick as ordinarily manufactured.

yThe advantage of this invention is particularly apparent in the burning of tubular candles in which the inse! on ofthe wick to or withir the orifice of the same is effected at its lower end.

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